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Dearest Mother
Just received a call from Mum. For the uninitiated, we lost Dad last year and since then we have noticed a decline in her mental health. She nursed him for forty years and now that he’s gone it’s like...
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Hospital Havoc
Just spent the day in a hospital with Mum. We picked her up as arranged at 9 only to listen to her rambling account of another imagined intruder in her garden. She told the tale twice, once with me in...
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Growing up
Up with the birdies this morning. Eldest daughter had yet another session in central Manchester. Her commitment to NCS is possible only because of our taxiing service. I’ll never get used to leaving...
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6 Types of Strangers You May Meet If Your Child Has Down Syndrome
dderbydave:Once again this blog gives us a post which highlights an aspect of life when your child, amongst all the many things which help to define them, have a condition of some sort. I love these....
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Positivity
“Positivity” is a term I first met when in college. At the time it seemed to sum up some of the more iritating people on campus. Their constant smiles and cheery nature grated. We were students and as...
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A rose by any other name..
Just read an article on the BBC by Rebecca Atkinson, a guest blogger on the BBC’s Ouch page. The site focuses on disability and is usually a good read. Rebecca asks us if it is time for the term...
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Get your facts right, then write.
Just laughed ourselves silly over a comment made by someone close-ish to us. She keeps a blog herself so should know the importance of doing a bit of research before you blurt things out. The story...
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Another stolen meme
My mate Mushy Cloud posted these questions as part of Share Your World. So, being somewhat under par and firing on only three cylinders, I’ve purloined them. Are you usually late, early, or right on...
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This is a first….
Apparently, if all goes well and the wind is blowing in the right direction, I shall be posting this directly from MS Word. I recently started subscribing to the Office app having been away in the land...
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Long time, no write
Apparently, the goings on here in Casa Crazy are beginning to take their toll on me. A recent check-up revealed a high blood pressure reading. So, they gave me a 24 hour monitor to wear. The irony of...
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Today was good
It started with an appointment with a counsellor for Gill. Think therapist but not American Style. After a number of weeks she’s being let go. Her diet is sensible and working and she’s going to a...
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Daybook Entry a la Mushy Cloud
For Today… 15th December 2015 Outside my window… it’s lobbing it down. Cosy inside but I’ve got a full shift this afternoon. I am thinking… about Tim Peake. They’ve made his story very human and easy...
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The List
Life is a tapestry, someone once said: Pretty to look at but when you get up close there are a lot of repairs, mismatched threads, moth holes and frayed ends…. And it smells a bit. However, it all...
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– quietly grinds teeth –
I’m quietly grinding my teeth and counting to ten. Background: I left home but always went to my Mum’s for Xmas. When Gill and I wed, we both went to Mum’s and travelled to her Mum’s in the evening....
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Happy New Year
Hello again. Christmas was a blast and almost completely lacking in chaos and tears. The day after saw floods in the area much like those in Chennai. A pub collapsed into a river about three miles...
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Walkies
In a vain attempt to improve myself I’ve taken to walking. Of course I have walked before. Become quite good at it, in fact, from rather a young age. Still do, if there isn’t a Sedan Chair and liveried...
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Busy times
There’s a lot going on at the moment that makes blogging tricky. Most of it is simply more of what was there before. Ashley is set to have a new implant to block his early onset puberty. Cerys is due...
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Look Up
I’ve always been a news hound. As a kid I was stuck to the TV at six o’clock, shushing my brothers. Most of it went over my head, but the sight of foreign places behind well dressed reporters entranced...
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Gender Neutral
There’ve been a few stories recently about Gender Neutrality in the media. I was a child of the Sixties but Dad’s attitude was Victorian. Even with his disability, Mum was always accountable, had her...
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Feeling fit, well a bit
Gill, my lovely lady and I went through our twentieth year together the other day (since our first date) and reflected a little on our time together. It’s at odds with many partnerships and marriages...
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